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Webster 1913 Edition
Pagoda
Pa-go′da
,Noun.
[Pg.
pagoda
, pagode
, fr. Hind. & Per. but-kadah
a house of idols, or abode of God; Per. but
an idol + kadah
a house, a temple.] 1.
A term by which Europeans designate religious temples and tower-like buildings of the Hindoos and Buddhists of India, Farther India, China, and Japan, – usually but not always, devoted to idol worship.
2.
An idol.
[R.]
Brande & C.
3.
[Prob. so named from the image of a pagoda or a deity (cf. Skr.
bhagavat
holy, divine) stamped on it.] A gold or silver coin, of various kinds and values, formerly current in India. The Madras gold pagoda was worth about three and a half rupees.
Definition 2025
pagoda
pagoda
English
The pagoda at Shitennoji in Osaka
Alternative forms
Noun
pagoda (plural pagodas)
- An Asian religious building, especially a multistory Buddhist tower, erected as a shrine or temple.
- An ornamental structure, of that design, erected in a park or garden.
- (historical) A unit of currency, a coin made of gold or half gold, issued by various dynasties in medieval southern India.
Derived terms
- pagoda tree
Translations
a tiered tower with multiple eaves
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Hungarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈpɒɡodɒ]
- Hyphenation: pa‧go‧da
Noun
pagoda (plural pagodák)
Declension
| Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | pagoda | pagodák |
| accusative | pagodát | pagodákat |
| dative | pagodának | pagodáknak |
| instrumental | pagodával | pagodákkal |
| causal-final | pagodáért | pagodákért |
| translative | pagodává | pagodákká |
| terminative | pagodáig | pagodákig |
| essive-formal | pagodaként | pagodákként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | pagodában | pagodákban |
| superessive | pagodán | pagodákon |
| adessive | pagodánál | pagodáknál |
| illative | pagodába | pagodákba |
| sublative | pagodára | pagodákra |
| allative | pagodához | pagodákhoz |
| elative | pagodából | pagodákból |
| delative | pagodáról | pagodákról |
| ablative | pagodától | pagodáktól |
| Possessive forms of pagoda | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | pagodám | pagodáim |
| 2nd person sing. | pagodád | pagodáid |
| 3rd person sing. | pagodája | pagodái |
| 1st person plural | pagodánk | pagodáink |
| 2nd person plural | pagodátok | pagodáitok |
| 3rd person plural | pagodájuk | pagodáik |
Italian
Etymology
From Portuguese pagode, which is via Tamil from Sanskrit भगवती (Bhagavatī, name of a goddess) or भागवत (Bhāgavata, “follower of Bhagavatī”).
Noun
pagoda f (plural pagode)
Latvian
Noun
pagoda f (4th declension)
Declension
Declension of pagoda (4th declension)
| singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (nominatīvs) | pagoda | pagodas |
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | pagodu | pagodas |
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | pagodas | pagodu |
| dative (datīvs) | pagodai | pagodām |
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | pagodu | pagodām |
| locative (lokatīvs) | pagodā | pagodās |
| vocative (vokatīvs) | pagoda | pagodas |
Lithuanian
Noun
pagoda f (plural pagodos)
Declension
declension of pagoda
| singular (vienaskaita) | plural (daugiskaita) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (vardininkas) | pagoda | pagodos |
| genitive (kilmininkas) | pagodos | pagodų |
| dative (naudininkas) | pagodai | pagodoms |
| accusative (galininkas) | pagodą | pagodas |
| instrumental (įnagininkas) | pagoda | pagodomis |
| locative (vietininkas) | pagodoje | pagodose |
| vocative (šauksmininkas) | pagoda | pagodos |